Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Graduate degree | Master's degree, Trinity College Dublin |
| Medical school | Medical College of Wisconsin, graduated with honors, 1995 |
| Residency | General Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Grand Rapids/Michigan State University program |
| Fellowship | Hand and Microsurgery, University of Utah |
- Board certification as printed: "board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery"; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- In practice over 20 years.
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine.
- Member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the International Association of Plastic Surgeons, the Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons, the Michigan State Medical Society and the Kent County Medical Society.
- The bio states his focus areas as Mohs micrographic surgery reconstruction, facial rejuvenation, and breast and body contouring.
Eyelid surgery work
From the practice eyelid page (source):
- Upper blepharoplasty. An incision along the eyelid fold removes excess skin, muscle and fat. The page states it can reduce vision problems and headaches from straining to see past sagging skin.
- Lower blepharoplasty. An incision just below the lashes or inside the lower lid; excess fat is removed or redistributed, sagging skin is removed and the area is tightened. It can include eyelid tightening and adding fat for a hollow-eye appearance.
- Asian eyelid surgery. Also called Westernization eyelid surgery, performed to create an upper eyelid crease.
- Ptosis repair. The page defines ptosis as a weakened or detached tendon of the lifting muscle, corrected by reattaching the tendon or shortening the muscle; it can be combined with blepharoplasty or done alone.
- Anesthesia: numbing medication around the eyelids with intravenous medication for relaxation. Surgery usually takes less than two hours, as an outpatient procedure.
- Brow lift. Two options: a coronal brow lift through an ear-to-ear incision hidden in the hairline, and an endoscopic brow lift through three to five short incisions within the hairline (source).
- Galleries. The practice has a blepharoplasty gallery (blepharoplasty gallery) and a brow lift gallery (brow lift gallery). Case pages do not name the operating surgeon.
Other procedures
Dr. Cullen's bio lists facelift, rhinoplasty, chin surgery, ear surgery, breast augmentation, breast reduction and lift, male breast reduction, arm lift, thigh lift, liposuction, tummy tuck, and skin cancer removal and reconstruction (source).
Insurance and cost
- The eyelid page states eyelid surgery "might be covered by insurance if performed to correct functional issues," such as vision impairment from drooping eyelids; purely cosmetic surgery is typically not covered, and the office can help determine whether a case qualifies (source).
- The site publishes no eyelid or brow lift prices. Financing options are listed (source).
Recovery
- Eyelid: cool compresses and light walking in the first 48 hours; non-absorbing stitches out in about a week; most people return to normal activities in 7 to 10 days; most bruising and swelling resolve by two weeks; scars may take six months or longer to fade (source).
- Brow lift: head elevated for two or three days; swelling and bruising run a week to 10 days; return to work within 10 days; heavy lifting and vigorous exercise wait about one month (source).